This is the biographical story of the Old Dominion in the light of its contribution to the greatness of America. Volume I deals with the colonial era, and Volume II deals with the national era. No book could more ably demonstrate Carlyle's well-known declaration that history is the essence of innumerable biographies.

Originally published in 1929.

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